Woman Who Abducted Grandson Appears In Court

Sandy Hatte was arrested and charged this month with felony child abduction. She appeared in Livingston County court Wednesday when a judge set a preliminary hearing for Oct. 23

60 year old Sandy Hatte is charged with child abduction for what authorities say is the disappearance of an infant from Alabama 13 years ago.

In Livingston county circuit court, the judge re-scheduled the case for October 23rd to either set or allow Ms. Hatte to waive a preliminary hearing.

She is held for Livingston County on 25 thousand dollars cash bond at the Daviess-DeKalb county regional jail in Pattonsburg. After the arrest of the suspect, the sheriff's department reported the child, now 13 years old, was reunited with a parentwho's from one of the southern states.